Until now, the healthcare industry was one of the few sectors of the Brazilian economy that was not open to foreign investments.

A new guideline recently issued by the CADE provides important insights in this regard.

A major challenge in M&A deals is to negotiate collection devices and guarantees, such as escrow accounts and security interests.

Under a basic indemnity provision, the seller agrees to indemnify the buyer for the breach of her representations and warranties.

Last year the private equity (PE) behemoth KKR acquired the Brazilian technology company Aceco TI from the PE fund General Atlantic and other shareholders.

As Brazil's economy goes through a rough patch, public local companies are facing difficulties in accessing more traditional sources of capital.

In this case, the provision is known as a reverse drag along clause.

Venture capitalists search for start-ups and small businesses with high growth prospects.

One of the distinguishing features of the Brazilian private equity environment is the significant number of private equity funds in which the investors have decision-making powers...

In the last two decades Brazil made some progress in its infrastructure.

The CVM (the Brazilian SEC) regulated last year a new type of investment fund: the Fundo de Ações – Mercado de Acesso or simply FIA-MA.

Considering the high risks of venture capital investments, investors hope for outsized gains.

Potential investors or acquirers of Brazilian mining companies are often concerned about the lack of transparency and of clear standards and practices for reporting mineral resources and reserves

Some bills recently proposed in California and Kentucky intending to foster transparency in the private equity market were not approved or had some of their disclosure obligations attenuated

Portanto, em fusões e aquisições no mercado bancário, os agentes envolvidos se deparam com o seguinte impasse: quem deve analisar e aprovar a operação?

O termo investidor-anjo, com origem nos indivíduos abastados que, no início do século XX, patrocinavam peças da Broadway,

The FII (Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário) is a vehicle for investments in the Brazilian real estate industry.

A Lei 13.129/15 incluiu na Lei de Arbitragem previsão expressa no sentido de que a "administração pública direta e indireta poderá utilizar-se da arbitragem para dirimir conflitos...

Algumas das proposições do PL 52/13 podem resultar no aumento da interferência política sobre tais decisões, retirando-lhes o caráter técnico que lhes é essencial.

A partir da análise do caso concreto, o presente parecer trata da qualificação do negócio jurídico da cessão de uma pluralidade de créditos litigiosos e sua compreensão sob a ótica dos contratos aleatórios, abordando, inclusive, a garantia da existência dos créditos nesta perspectiva. Distingue os contratos de cessão de crédito, cessão de posição contratual e promessa de liberação